A novel multifunctional underwater microrobot

2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 873-878

  Shi, Liwei ^a   Guo, Shuxiang ^b   Asaka, Kinji ^a,c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC LOCOMOTION; COMPACT STRUCTURES; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; MICROROBOTS; MULTI-DOF; MULTI-JOINT; SMALL OBJECTS; UNDERWATER MICROROBOT; UNDERWATER MONITORING;

ACTUATORS; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLLUTION DETECTION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT;

BIOMIMETICS;

EID: 79952932490     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2010.5723441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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